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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that democratic privilege, petition? Our prayer petitions were gravely considered and they were finally successful. Why then, should we not petition the overseers for lights in the library? I would have a systematic canvas of the college, as in the case of the prayer petitions, and when we present to the overseers a reasonable petition signed by every man in college, the board can not do less than give a thoughtful consider to a request so unanimously presented...
...Norton; the "Lake Champlain Yacht Club," by Fred. G. Mather, and "Hints to Football Captains," by Walter C. Camp. In addition to these are the concluding installments of two excellent papers, the first of the series on "American College Athletics," Harvard University, by J. Mott Hallowell, and "Sport-Past, Present and Future," by Alex. Hunter...
...members of the clubs will not in any way be abused, and that the organization which will represent Harvard during the holidays will reflect credit upon the college. The trip of the Glee Club will do much to bind those graduates, who live too far away to be present at any of our athletic contests, still closer to their alma mater. The reunion of Harvard men, old and young, is always pleasant, and the Harvard clubs of the cities in which concerts are to be given have done all in their power to make the visit of the Glee Club...
...Huntress, '89, continued for the negative. It is claimed that households will be broken up if husband and wife vote contrawise; but thousands of families at the present time exist in harmony with the husband and wife living under different religious creeds...
...influence of women in political affairs would tend to raise the political standard in no small degree, as already seen in regard to the school committee where the presence of women at the meetings does much to refine the manners of the men present...